Synopsis

Jul 10, 2013 - 3:32pm

Climate of the Nation 2013 benchmarks Australian attitudes to climate change, related policies and solutions. In mid-2013 the report found that two-thirds of Australians accept that climate change is real as well as a growing understanding that climate impacts are already occurring, no longer just threats for the future.

The report also finds that there is no foundation for claims that the forthcoming Federal election is a “referendum on the carbon tax”, and that a growing majority of Australians think that our country should be a leader in finding climate solutions - a number that is up for the first time since 2007, when The Climate Institute first started tracking public attitudes towards climate change.

Here you can find the full report as well as detailed factsheets, infographics and VoxPop videos of people on the street in Sydney talking about climate change. Also available are results from later election day exit polling.

Responsibility and Performance (400KB, PDF)
Factsheet examining who Australians think is responsible for leading
action on climate change and how those groups are performing. Political
parties' performance is discussed.

We would also like to acknowledge the support of Michael and Silvia Kantor and the Nelson Meers Foundation towards our Creative Fellowship, through which we have the striking imagery of photographer Michael Hall.